Evangelicals not welcome at 9/11 National Cathedral commemeration

I say this with all sincerity. Is there any surprise in the evangelical community that this would be the case?

Evangelicals not welcome.

A weekend of religious-themed observances at Washington National Cathedral marking the tenth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks will include a Buddhist nun and an Imam, but not an evangelical Christian, leading the head of the Southern Baptist Convention to ask President Obama to reconsider attending the event. “A Call to Compassion” will include an interfaith prayer vigil on Sept. 11. It will feature the dean of the Cathedral, the Bishop of Washington, a rabbi, Buddhist nun and incarnate lama, a Hindu priest, the president of the Islamic Society of North America and a Muslim musician. However, Southern Baptists, representing the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, were not invited to participate – and neither were leaders from any evangelical Christian organization. “It’s not surprising,” said Frank Page, president of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee. “There is a tragic intolerance toward Protestants and particularly toward evangelicals and I wish the president would refuse to speak unless it was more representative.”

More and more evangelicals and traditional Southern Baptists are being ostracized and demonized at all levels in this country. The fact that Buddhist and Muslims have been invited to this ceremony only solidifies the reality of egalitarian superiority in this country. The politically correct triumph and those cast aside are denied their constitutional rights on a wholesale basis.